Graduated from medical school at Universidad Católica de Chile in 1982. After General Surgery residency in Chile trained in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic and the Johannesburg Hospital in South Africa.
Current positions are Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Clínica Santa María and Aortic Surgery Program at Instituto Nacional del Tórax in Santiago, Chile. Main interests are aortic root and thoracic aortic surgery.